Unit: October-November Themes

SWBAT to understand and physically explore woodwind instruments

To read symbols of quarter note and quarter rest in rhythm

SWBAT practice reading and playing Mary Had a Little Lamb from reading the pitches and beat matrix shown on the board

Students will reading, writing and practicing playing whole notes on pitches D,C, and B on the recorder.

Students will practice playing half notes and whole notes on pitches D,C, B,and A on the recorder

SWBAT read, write and ask questions about the list of terms and definitions they will need to know to prepare for their first exam.

Review Tonal color and family of instruments and explore the Brass family in more detail through touch, sight, and sound.

To introduce symbols of half note and half rest

Students will practice reading and writing the notes on Exercise 1, 2, or 3 depending on what exercise they completed two weeks ago.

Students will practice notating a phrase of music for pitch, rhythm and fingering recognition.

Students will practice reading and writing the notes on Exercise 1, 2, or 3 depending on what exercise they completed two weeks ago

Students will practice playing quarter note and quarter rest patterns using different hand patterns.

Review Tonal color and family of instruments and explore the String family in more detail through touch, sight, and sound.

Students will read whole note, half notes, and quarter note rhythms in 4 beat patterns show comprehension by filling out the beat matrix in one of four 8 beat rhythms.

Objective SWBAT identify the rhythms, pitches and fingerings on the first 4 bars of a new piece of music

Students will practice reading and writing the notes on Exercise 1-4 depending on what exercise they completed two weeks ago.

Students will practice reading and writing the notes on Exercise 1-4 depending on what exercise they completed two weeks ago.

-Introduce a drum staff and compare and contrast it to a treble staff -Write a 4 beat rhythm that students label and can play on two instruments of a drumset -Tap quarter notes in 1 hand and eighth notes in the other.

Review Tonal color and family of instruments and explore the Percussion family in more detail through touch, sight, and sound.

SWBAT integrate pitch letters with rhythms using colored note signs and use of beat matrix

Be able to write the beat matrix, identify the pitch letters, and determine which hand to use for a 4 beat mystery melody that uses only pitches G-E LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE-SWBAT will correctly use Tier 3 vocabulary to explain techniques for decoding pitch on the treble staff.

-Assess knowledge of how a drum staff and compare and contrast it to a treble staff -Review 4 beat rhythms that students created last class -Play two rhythms with both hands on 2 different instruments.

SWBAT answer all formative test questions according to the instructions to demonstrate how much they have learned through over the course of 8 music lessons. LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE - Students will correctly use TIER 3 vocabulary to ask questions that they have about the quiz.

Students will take a test to demonstrate how much they have learned through doing 4 lessons in exercises to strengthen rhythm identification, pitch recognition, and fingering.

Students will be introduced to the 2nd four measures of "Jingle Bells" by identifying pitch names, rhythmic patterns, and guitar fingerings.